The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH) is the

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of a

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

group. It is engaged in the ownership, development and management of The Peninsula Hotels; commercial and residential properties in Asia, the United States and Europe; and the provision of tourism and leisure, club management and other services. Sir Michael Kadoorie owns 47% of the shares of HSH.

The Peninsula Hotels

The Peninsula Hotels portfolio comprises

The Peninsula Hong Kong The Peninsula Hong Kong is a colonial-style luxury hotel located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the flagship property of The Peninsula Hotels group, part of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Group. The hotel opened in 1928 and ...

The Peninsula Shanghai The Peninsula Shanghai is a luxury hotel among The Peninsula Hotel Group. It was ranked the No. 8 hotel in the world by ''Travel + Leisure'' in 2015. The Peninsula Shanghai opened in 2009 and is The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels second hotel in Ma ...

, The Peninsula Beijing,

The Peninsula Tokyo The Peninsula Tokyo is a 24-story luxury skyscraper hotel located in Yurakucho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The hotel is operated by The Peninsula Hotel Group, and is the only Peninsula branded Hotel in Japan. It is owned by Hong Kong and Shanghai ...

The Peninsula New York The Peninsula New York is a historic luxury hotel at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street in Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1905 as the Gotham Hotel, the structure was designed by Hiss and Weekes in the neo-classical style. The hote ...

The Peninsula Chicago The Peninsula Chicago is a hotel located at the intersection of East Superior Street and North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The hotel is part of The Peninsula Hotels group based in Hong Kong. The Peninsula Hotel group's parent Hongko ...

The Peninsula Beverly Hills The Peninsula Beverly Hills is a luxury, five-star hotel at the intersection of South California State Route 2, Santa Monica Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard. The hotel is part of The Peninsula Hotels, a chain owned by Hongkong and Shanghai Hote ...

The Peninsula Bangkok The Peninsula Bangkok is a 5-star hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The hotel opened in 1998, counting 37 floors and 367 rooms. The hotel was 50% owned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels (HSH) and 50% by the Phataraprasit family until 2020, when HSH ...

The Peninsula Manila The Peninsula Manila (colloquially Manila Pen or simply Manila Peninsula), is a 5-star luxury hotel in the Philippines. It is located on the corner of Ayala Avenue and Makati Avenue in the Makati Central Business District. It is located also i ...

and

The Peninsula Paris The Peninsula Paris is an historic luxury hotel, originally known as the Hotel Majestic, located on Avenue Kléber in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. It opened in 1908 as the Hotel Majestic and was converted to government offices in 193 ...

. Projects under development include

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and

The Peninsula Istanbul ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

Property portfolio

The property portfolio of the group includes

The Repulse Bay The Repulse Bay () is a residential building and commercial arcade, located at 109 Repulse Bay Road in the Repulse Bay area of Hong Kong. It is owned by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HSH)

Complex, The

Peak Tower The Peak Tower is a leisure and shopping complex located at Victoria Gap, near the summit of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It also houses the upper terminal of the Peak Tram. Both the Peak Tower and the Peak Tram are owned ...

, The Peak Tram and St. John's Building in Hong Kong; The Landmark in Ho Chi Minh City,

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

; and 21 avenue Kléber in

Paris, France Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

. The major shareholders in HSH are members of the

Kadoorie family The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" ( he, כדורי, ar, خضوري) are a wealthy Hong Kong-based family, originally Mizrahi Jews from Baghdad, Iraq. From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai, British Raj India becoming one of t ...

History

The company was incorporated in 1866 as The Hongkong Hotel Company Limited, owner of the

Hong Kong Hotel The Hongkong Hotel was Hong Kong's first luxury hotel modelled after sumptuous London hotels. It opened on Queen's Road and Pedder Street in 1868, later expanding into the Victoria Harbour waterfront of Victoria City in 1893. History The ori ...

(opened in 1868). The company owned by the Jewish

in the 1890s, it merged with the Shanghai Hotel in 1922 and used the current name of Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotel in the following year. It was one of the first companies in Hong Kong to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. In 2007, the Hong Kong Heritage Project was set up to archive historical materials from HSH, CLP Holdings and the Kadoorie family. The publicly accessible archive provides audio, visual and documentary evidence of HSH's activities through the 19th and 20th centuries.

Kadoorie Chairmen

The Kadoorie family have been Chairmen since 1937, when Sir Elly Kadoorie was first appointed to the post. The following lists out the subsequent list of Kadoorie Chairmen since. # Sir Elly Kadoorie (1937–1942) # Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (1945–1950) # Sir Horace Kadoorie (1950–1985) # Sir Michael Kadoorie (1985– )

Hotels

;Asia *

- 1928 *

- 1976 * The Peninsula Beijing - 1989 *

- 1998 *

- 2007 *

- 2009 ;North America *

- 1988 *

- 1991 *

- 2001 ;Europe *

- 2014 ;Future * The Peninsula Istanbul (2023) * The Peninsula London (2022)Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels website
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Other properties

, Hong Kong * Peak Tram, Hong Kong *

, Hong Kong * St. John's Building, Hong Kong *Quail Lodge Golf Club,

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Former hotels

- Hong Kong * The Palace Hotel - Shanghai * Astor House Hotel - Shanghai

References

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* {{Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Hospitality companies of Hong Kong Hospitality companies established in 1866 Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 1866 establishments in Hong Kong